DocumentCode
576520
Title
Ray tracing to predict insolation in urban environment
Author
Vitucci, Enrico M. ; Degli-Esposti, Vittorio ; Capriotti, Leo
Author_Institution
CIRI ICT-Center of Ind. Res. on ICT, Univ. of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
fYear
2012
fDate
22-27 July 2012
Firstpage
5848
Lastpage
5851
Abstract
A Ray Tracing (RT) algorithm has been developed to predict the amount of solar radiation incident on the façades of buildings in urban environments. Such algorithm can be used to estimate the amount of solar energy turned into heat energy which contributes to the Urban Heat Islands (UHI) effect, to evaluate the energy efficiency of solutions like solar captators and, therefore, to estimate the overall energy efficiency of an urban area.
Keywords
atmospheric radiation; atmospheric temperature; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; thermal pollution; building facades; heat energy; ray tracing algorithm; solar captators; solar energy; solar radiation; urban environment; urban environments; urban heat islands; Atmospheric modeling; Buildings; Energy efficiency; Ray tracing; Solar heating; Solar radiation; Urban areas; Energy efficiency; Photo-Voltaic panels; Ray Tracing; Solar radiation; Urban environment;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN
2153-6996
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352279
Filename
6352279
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